The administrators of the DDoSecrets website write that they have run out of money for funding. If they don’t raise $150,000 by January 31, 2024, they might be forced to suspend operations. This is written on the red banner that appears when you go to the site....
Lawmakers declare war on deepfakes that threaten to upend this year’s presidential election::State lawmakers rather than federal officials are leading the charge against AI-generated images that are intended to influence voting.
Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140k for sending 80M+ spams | Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people::Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people
Cummins engine-maker to pay record air pollution fine::Federal and California officials say the company illegally installed devices on about one million pickup trucks.
Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994::Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.
As Bobby Kotick leaves Microsoft and Activision for good, an ex-employee describes how he once threatened to “have an employee killed”::Today marks Bobby Kotick’s last day at the helm of Activision Blizzard King, a day this former employee chose to share an interesting tale of Kotick’s alledged behaviour while CEO of the...
Nearly half of new passenger cars in EU electrified -ACEA::Sales of electric cars in the European Union were almost half of all new passenger car registrations in the EU between January and November 2023 and already crossed the halfway mark in the month of November alone, data showed on Wednesday. Electrified vehicles - either...
Verizon Gave Her Data to a Stalker. ‘This Has Completely Changed My Life’::A stalker haphazardly posing as a cop demanded sensitive data from Verizon. Verizon complied, and the stalker drove to an address armed with a knife. 404 Media spoke to the victim.
Suspected Chinese operatives using AI-generated images to spread disinformation among US voters, Microsoft says | CNN Politics::Suspected Chinese operatives have used images made by artificial intelligence to mimic American voters online in an attempt to spread disinformation and provoke discussion on divisive political issues...
Apple has gotten so big it’s almost overtaken France’s entire stock market::The tech giant shows no signs of easing as combined market value of companies listed in Paris was almost $3.2 trillion versus Apple’s $3.1 trillion.
Europe inches closer to insisting gig workers are treated as employees / If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it’ll be classified as a job::If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it’ll be classified as a job
Doom creator John Romero launches sequel campaign Sigil 2 for free::As the Doom 30th anniversary arrives, co-creator and programmer John Romero launches Sigil 2, a free expansion to the legendary FPS game.
Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users, company says::The hack was worse than initially believed, with every client having some data stolen in the breach, the cybersecurity company warned.